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The Cognitive Science Lab at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad announces the Symposium on Music Cognition that brings together leading international and national researchers in the interdisciplinary field of Cognitive Neuroscience of Music. This two-day symposium is an attempt to spread awareness about the importance and relevance of music and Music Cognition Research and facilitate interaction and exchange of ideas around the various themes surrounding it.

Venue: KCIS, IIIT HyderabadDates of the symposium: March 24-25, 2018

Key questions:
How does music affect the brain and body?
How can music be used for mood regulation and mental well-being?
How does your personality influence your perception of music?
What role does engineering play in music research?

Registration:

Register at: http://csl.iiit.ac.in/mcs2018/
The last date to register for the symposium is March 20, 2018.

National Seminar at Osmania University on the “The need of strengthening role of Performing Arts in School Education”, March 17th, 2018

The Research Foundation for Devotional, Literary and Cultural Studies, Tulsi Bhavan, Osmania University is organizing a one day National Seminar on the “The need of strengthening role of Performing Arts in School Education” on the 17th of March, 2018 at ICSSR Hall, University Guest House, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Themes for Research Papers

Integration of Drama in teaching/learning process in schools.

Integration of Music & Dance in teaching/learning process in schools.

Drama as a Pedagogical tool in schools.

Music as a Mode of curriculum in schools.

Traditions of Performing Arts and their implications to education.

Integration of Indian Folk Forms in teaching/learning process in schools.

The role of Drama & Dance in teaching of school syllabi.

The role of Drama in teaching of different subjects in schools.

The role of Drama, Dance & Music in teaching National Integration, Unity and Patriotism in schools.

The role of Drama, Dance & Music in teaching Ancient Indian History and Culture

The role of Drama, Dance & Music in teaching different languages in schools.

International Conference at Annamalai University on Dance, Music and Media in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Feb 6 – 7 2018

The Department of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts, Annamalai University is organizing a two – day International Conference on ‘Dance, Music and Media in the 20th and 21st Centuries’. The two-day International Conference will focus on tracing out the growth and development of Dance and Music with the help of Media during the 20th and 21st Centuries. Simultaneously, it will analyze the way the perception of the two arts has undergone a tremendous change due to the powerful influence of media and the contemporary performance scene. It will bring to limelight how media such as cinema, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, CDs, computers and Internet have paved the way for allowing the expression and expansion of individual ideas, opinions and identities in the fields of Dance and Music.

For detailed information about the seminar and to view the registration form, please download the brochure from

Learning dance and music through print media such as magazines, journals, dailies and others.

Dance and Music in Literature

Dance and Music for peaceful life

Changes of traditional values in 20th and 21st centuries in the field of Dance and Music

Any other theme related to the conference can be taken for paper presentation

Thrust Areas

Various postures of dance in ABHINAYATHARPANAM and NATYASASTHRAM

Critical analysis of dance movements and rhythmical structure of TOLKAPPIYAM

Portrayal of dance and music in PANCHAMARABU and KOOTHANOOL

Images of dance and music in SILAPATHIKARAM and SANGEETHA RATHNAKARAM

Music and dance in THEVARAM, THIRUVASAGAM and DIVYAPRABANDHAM, THIRUPPUGAZH

Critical analysis of LAYA and rhythmical structure of THALA DEEPIKAI

Abstracts & Research paper Submission

A research article, not exceeding four pages, in hard and soft copies shall be turned in along with the filled in Registration Form to the Organizing Secretary on or before 15.01.2018. The participants are required to send their abstracts on or before 12.01.2018. Papers can be presented either in Tamil or English. The participants are requested to prepare their articles in MS Word format, with 1.5 spaces in font size 12 in Bambini and Times New Roman font for Tamil and English respectively. Both abstracts and full papers are to be sent to the email id auicdm2018@gmail.com

The Department of Music and Fine Arts, The Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur is organizing a two – day National Seminar on the Contribution of Trinity to Karnataka Music. This Seminar would be highly significant, since, Thiruvarur is the birth place of the Trinity and 2017-18 marks the completion of 250 years of the birth of the great Saint poet and one among the Trinity namely, Sri Tyagaraja. Further, this would be first National Seminar on Music being organised by the Department of Music and Fine arts of the Central University of Tamil Nadu. The Seminar on music would primarily consist of Research Paper presentations by Faculty members and Scholars. The main objective of the Seminar is to bring out the musical aspects in the compositions of Trinity, in order to understand their contribution to the development of Karnataka Music.

The Seminar is devoted to the Contribution of Music Trinity; the main focus would be on the musical contribution of one among the trinity or the three composers together. Research papers can be supplemented with music demonstrations, live and recorded. The sub-themes of the papers are:

It is hereby specified that papers on the biographical details and emphasizing on sahitya component alone, could be avoided. On the other hand, musical input is appreciated.

Abstracts & Research paper Submission Abstracts not exceeding 200 words, with the Author’s name, address, contact mobile number, email id and a brief profile not exceeding 50 words, should be sent on or before 31st December 2017. Abstracts & Full Length Papers are to be sent to: deptmfa@cutn.ac.in All research papers will be published as the Proceedings of the National Seminar in the Digital form – an eBook with ISBN registration

Important Dates

Dates of Seminar: 5th and 6th February 2018

Last date for Submission of Abstracts: 31st December 2017

Last date for Submission of Full Length Papers: 31st January 2018

Director of the Seminar

Dr. V Premalatha,

Associate Professor & Head Department of Music and Fine Arts

School of Performing Arts and Fine Arts

Central University of Tamil Nadu

Thiruvarur – 610005

Ph: 04366 – 277373

In case of queries, please write to deptmfa@cutn.ac or contact the Seminar Organizing Committee members at the following phone numbers:

Dr. V. Premalatha Mobile: 94882 80866, 995 995 9666

Dr. R. Sivaraman, Mobile: 97894 40664

Any queries to mrlibrary.adm@gmail.com about the seminar will not be entertained.